ACCORDING TO WEBSTER: en·tro·py, (noun): 1: a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder 2: CHAOS, DISORDER, RANDOMNESS 3: The inevitable force governing file organization on the average desktop PC Well, that last definition isn't actually in the dictionary, but I think most PC users would say it should be. Document counts on today's average PC reach into the five or even six figure range fairly routinely, and 100-gigabyte hard drives are commonplace. So, it's no surprise that even the most disciplined user struggles to keep things tidy.